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It's Dummy the HART of Podcast.

Hello and welcome to Dummy, a twice weekly conversation among editors and friends of Howler magazine.

My name is George Corachia, and I am the editor of Howler, joining me in our tiny studio in Miami.

He is the only member of our team to have scored for Arsenal to date, and he is now a scout for the gunners, Danny Carbassion.

Hey, George, how's it going? I'm pretty good. And joining me in Bristol, England, from Bristol, England, not Connecticut, David Goldblatt, the author of The Ball Is Round and Fitchie Ball Nation. Welcome, David. Evening, George. Coming up on the show, we'll talk about a nerve-wracking, then absolutely thrilling, but ultimately kind of disappointing night for Team USA. say, we'll hear from Alexander Abnos, an editor for Howler, who, separate from that, is embedded with the U.S. national team as the writer for U.S.S.S. Soccer. During the World Cup, we'll hear from Alex about the mood in camp going into the final game against Germany, the final group game, hopefully not the final game of the tournament. We are very excited to welcome Steve Nash to the show. He's best known as a two-time MVP of the NBA, but of course, we know that he's also a soccer nut, and he'll be telling us about his trip down to Brazil to watch some games and about his charity soccer game that is happening tomorrow in New York City. We'll also talk to Chris Gaffney, who is closely following and participating,

I believe, in the protest down in Rio de Janeiro. So, a very exciting show, but we have to start with USA Portugal. I guess we have to. I don't want to. I don't want to talk about this game. I do. It's a fascinating game. No, you must. I insist. You must talk about it. Are you now supporting the US, David, because England is out?

I'm supporting the US. I didn't know I was

supporting the US, David, because England is out? I'm supporting

the US. I didn't know I was supporting the US, but it was just one of those games. I was sort of

half concentrating for the first kind of 45, 50 minutes. And then when the Jermaine Jones Equalizer

came, I was out of my seat and I knew who I was supporting. Yeah, it was a sensational game.

Sensational. You know how it is? You don't actually find out, you know, when the chips are down,

you find out actually whose side you're on. That's right. That's totally right. So this was

sort of a mirror of the game against Ghana, where we started out really well and ended really well.

And for the most of the game, we were totally defensive.

I saw the stat.

I think you brought up the stat.

The U.S. had more clearances in that game than in any game in the World Cup since 1966, which is incredible.

This game, Nani scores a goal in the fifth minute.

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